Finance

Explore the latest finance news by BusinessDesk's team of reporters around New Zealand.
ANZ cuts deal in long-running farm swaps case
Primary Sector

ANZ cuts deal in long-running farm swaps case

ANZ Bank New Zealand cut a deal with a Taranaki farming family willing to pursue it through the courts over the way it sold interest rates swaps. Sharon and Stephen Coomey and their Bushline family trusts sought compensation from ANZ, claiming the bank misrepresented the effec...

Paul McBeth 24 Jul 2020
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JENNY RUTH: Property funds management too lucrative to ignore
Property

Jenny Ruth: JENNY RUTH: Property funds management too lucrative to ignore

Managing a property portfolio tends to be significantly more lucrative than owning that portfolio. It was that realisation that drove the wave of internalisations of external management contracts of New Zealand listed property vehicles during the past decade. In theory, at...

Jenny Ruth 24 Jul 2020
Blue Chip's Mark Bryers arrested in A$17m fraud probe
Law & Regulation Free

Blue Chip's Mark Bryers arrested in A$17m fraud probe

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers - who is banned from running companies in New Zealand - has been arrested in Australia as part of a A$17 million fraud investigation.

Victoria Young 22 Jul 2020
Watson entity claims half a billion in Cullen liquidation
Markets Free

Watson entity claims half a billion in Cullen liquidation

A trust linked to Eric Watson has claimed more than half a billion dollars in the liquidation of his Cullen Group.

Victoria Young 20 Jul 2020